rpmdb (8) Linux Manual Page

rpmdb – RPM Database Tool

Synopsis

rpm {–initdb|–rebuilddb}

Description

The general form of an rpm rebuild database command is rpm {–initdb|–rebuilddb} [-v] [–dbpath DIRECTORY] [–root DIRECTORY] Use –initdb to create a new database if one doesn’t already exist (existing database is not overwritten), use –rebuilddb to rebuild the database indices from the installed package headers.

See Also

popt(3),
rpm(8),
rpmkeys(8),
rpmsign(8),
rpm2cpio(8),
rpmbuild(8),
rpmspec(8),

rpm –help – as rpm supports customizing the options via popt aliases it’s impossible to guarantee that what’s described in the manual matches what’s available.

http://www.rpm.org/ <URL:http://www.rpm.org/>

Authors

Marc Ewing <marc [at] redhat.com>
Jeff Johnson <jbj [at] redhat.com>
Erik Troan <ewt [at] redhat.com>
Panu Matilainen <pmatilai [at] redhat.com>